TORONTO, April 12 /CNW/ - Augen Capital Corp. ("Augen" or the "Concerned Shareholder") (TSXV: AUG) an owner of 7,358,000 common shares or approximately 7.4% of Staccato Gold Resources Ltd. ("Staccato" or the "Company") (TSXV: CAT) today announced that it has withdrawn its requisition of a meeting of the shareholders of Staccato to be held on May 25, 2010 (the "Meeting") for the purpose of replacing the current board of directors (the "Current Board") of Staccato with nominees to be proposed by the Concerned Shareholder.

The Concerned Shareholder also announced today that its agreement (the "Lock-Up Agreement") with Donald Decker, a professional geologist and a former member of the board of directors of Staccato, and Century Gold LLC, a holding company controlled by Donald Decker, (collectively, the "Decker Group"), has been terminated by mutual consent. Under the terms of the Lock-Up Agreement, the Concerned Shareholder would have been able to vote the 6,459,334 shares of Staccato owned by the Decker Group in support of removing and replacing the current board of directors of Staccato with those nominees to be proposed by the Concerned Shareholder at the Meeting.

"We are pleased that the outcome of our action taken earlier this year provided the catalyst for Staccato shareholder value creation. It was clear that Staccato's board and management were not going to change their direction without action from Staccato shareholders," noted Peter F. Chodos, Augen's interim President and CEO.

Augen and the Decker Group, acting independently of each other, may sell some or all of their common shares or vote in favour of Staccato's proposed plan of arrangement with Timberline Resources Corporation or support any other transaction that may come before the shareholders of Staccato to consider and/or vote on depending on market conditions and other strategic considerations.

About Augen

Augen Capital Corp. is a Toronto-based public merchant bank specializing in the financing of and investment in emerging resource companies. Augen manages a merchant banking portfolio of emerging resource stocks.

About the Decker Group

The Decker Group is a privately held group with interests in several Nevada based gold and silver properties. The Decker group has been active for many years in Nevada.

The Concerned Shareholder's public documents may be accessed at www.sedar.com.

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